‘Desist from targeting Hindu festivals, economy’: VHP to Opposition over November 1 rally
Vishwa Hindu Parishad urged opposition parties to stop linking Hindu festivals and the economy, after traders protested at Delhi’s Kashmere Gate. Demonstrators asked Congress to postpone its November 1 rally until after Diwali, citing concerns over disruption to festivities and commerce. The VHP’s statement, issued a day later, warned that politicising religious occasions could harm communal harmony and economic stability.